Either ‘yes’ or ‘no’. For Togetherthere will be no nuances when voting for the investiture of Pedro Sánchez. This is how the negotiators of the party of Carles Puigdemont to the PSOE, after in the last hours Canarian Coalition has opened up to supporting the socialist candidate to downplay the seven seats of Junts. The Canarian party, which last week supported the popular Alberto Núñez Feijóo In his failed attempt to reach Moncloa, he has offered his votes so that, with the abstention of Junts, it would be enough to avoid an electoral repetition. However, Puigdemont’s people do not contemplate this scenario.
Arithmetically, with a hypothetical favorable vote from the only CC deputy, Cristina Valido, Sánchez would add 172 votes -as long as he received the support of the rest of the parties: Sumar, ERC, EH Bildu, the PNB and the BNG-, while the opponents would only reach 171 with the PP, the extreme right of Vox and UPN . A sum that would only be worth it if Junts opted for abstention, which they have already categorically ruled out.
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The proposal had been launched this Thursday morning by president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijowhich despite describing the possible amnesty law as immoral, had offered its votes to turn Junts into “a supporting actor”. However, those of Carles Puigdemont and Jordi Turull want to value their seats to reach (or not) an agreement with the socialists, which is why they wanted to nip speculation in the bud and render the Canary Islands proposal void.
Already in the negotiations for the election of the president of Congress, Francina Armengol, Puigdemont’s people chose to vote affirmatively in the first vote, avoiding any abstention and the need for a second vote to go ahead. Among the agreements reached last August, is the official status of Catalan in the European Union, which will be debated again on October 24, after several parties asked for more time to analyze the consequences of the decision at the meeting of the last month.